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bi·son
/ ˈbīsən; -zən/
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(pl. same)
a humpbacked shaggy-haired wild ox (genus Bison) native to North America (B. bison) and Europe (B. bonasus).
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Bison: back from the brink.
Magazine article from: The Beaver: Exploring Canada's History; 10/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; Once the hooves of tens of millions of bison thundered across vast tracts of North America...to both First Nations and settlers, the bison stood in the way of the Europeans' westward expansion. That alone sealed the bison's fate. The American version of the...
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Bison Advocates Hold Rally On The Capitol Lawn Gathering in Helena to Hold Schweitzer Accountable for Largest Slaughter Since 1800s.
M2 Presswire; 5/14/2008; 700+ words
; ...14 May 2008-Buffalo Field Campaign: Bison Advocates Hold Rally On The Capitol Lawn...LTD RDATE:13052008 HELENA, MT -- Wild bison advocates will gather in Helena, Montana...Schweitzer's role in the largest wild bison slaughter since the 1800s and to ask him...
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Bison slaughter increases in Yellowstone; Yellowstone National Park sends 30 more bison to slaughterhouse; Captures 44 more.
M2 Presswire; 2/13/2008; 700+ words
; ...February 2008-Buffalo Field Campaign: Bison slaughter increases in Yellowstone; Yellowstone National Park sends 30 more bison to slaughterhouse; Captures 44 more...Park officials sent 30 more wild American bison to slaughter this morning, without testing...
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Bison are happy together on prairie
Newspaper article from: Winnipeg Free Press; 6/25/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...Happy Together. Category? Songs for a bison, one of the most notorious herd animals...virtually die of loneliness," explained bison rancher Jerry Ransom, who keeps 75 head in the same territory where bison roamed 150 years ago -- the Turtle Mountain...
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Bison have increased -- mostly as hybrids
Newspaper article from: Deseret News (Salt Lake City); 1/9/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...The animals certainly looked like bison, with the characteristic humps and beards...truck slowly rolled up to them, and a bison wrangler shot a drug- filled dart into...the animal and take blood samples. This bison wrangling was being done to test the genetics...
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BISON The other red meat
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN); 4/27/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM PRINTED VERSION A bison stands near the gate of its pen waiting for the morning meal at the Broken Wagon Bison farm in Wheeler. Bison meat is becoming more popular because it has a much...
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Bison at home in NZ
Newspaper article from: The Press; 1/14/2005; ; 700+ words
; Bison, which once roamed the North American prairies...Billy. Beyond a quiet grunt, the mature bison bull of more than 1000kg of moving muscle...however, as meek as a lamb, Garth says. "Bison are on par with quiet cattle. Even though...
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Bison Taking a Place on Ranches, Dinner Plates; Buffalo Are Now Found in Every State as Their Popularity Has Increased
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 8/24/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...little wild at Matthew and Jozet Bowen's bison ranch on the Idaho border. A dozen vehicles...Bowen shifted from raising cattle to bison a year and a half ago. A lot of people are taking up raising bison as a hobby or a profession, which has...
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Bison industry in US recruits ranchers as prices rise
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 6/17/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...the Air Force Academy when they decided to become bison ranchers. Now the U.S. bison industry is trying to encourage more people _ be...nationwide. People understand the health benefits of bison. More people are trying it, said Susan Popp...
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Bison industry recruits ranchers as prices rise
News Wire article from: AP Online; 6/11/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...the Air Force Academy when they decided to become bison ranchers. Now the U.S. bison industry is trying to encourage more people _ be...nationwide. People understand the health benefits of bison. More people are trying it, said Susan Popp...
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Bison
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
Bison America ’ s largest mammal The American bison ( Bison bison ) is a large, herbivorous land mammal native to the grasslands and open forests of North America. It is a member of the family Bovidae, which also includes cattle, sheep...
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bison
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
bison large hoofed mammal, genus Bison, of the cattle family. Bison have short horns and humped, heavily mantled shoulders that slope downward to the hindquarters. The European bison, or wisent , Bison bonasus, has a less luxuriant mane and...
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Buffalo (Bison)
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
BUFFALO (BISON) BUFFALO (BISON). Until the end of the last Ice Age, bison were a minor species in North America. As a warming climate destroyed much of the forage upon which Ice Age megafauna such as mammoths and mastodons relied, and as...
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BiSON
Book article from: A Dictionary of Astronomy
BiSON Abbr. for Birmingham Solar Oscillations Network .
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Lipan Apache
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures
...horse," and ' iyane is the word for "bison"; thus, their name could well have referred...subsistence pattern: that of following bison herds on horseback. Location. In the...Lipan place them either in the vicinity of bison herds or occupying river bottom lands...
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